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33 Things to do in SF for $5 or Less
By - posted 6/14/2016
City Insight

Did you know you can enter a lottery to score reserved picnic table seating at the Stern Grove Festival? Or that there are two indoor water slides in SF and kids can get in for just $1? Or that there’s a secret (but legal) way to sneak cheaper beer into AT&T more...

SF Lights up for The Warriors
By - posted 6/13/2016
Only in San Francisco

SF is all lit up in support of the warriors. The Warriors flag will continue to fly over City Hall. City Hall, Coit Tower and SFO will remain lit in Warriors colors for the duration of the NBA Finals.   We are ready for the @warriors to beat Memphis, are you?! Shooting for 73 more...

Stern Grove Festival Returns for 2016
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The Stern Grove Festival has been throwing free concerts in the park every summer since 1938. If you don’t mind arriving early to spread out your blanket to stake your spot, it’s an excellent way to spend a relaxing Sunday in a beautiful park setting watching free performances from top touring acts and more...

$1 Day at the Alameda County Fair
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The 2016 Alameda County Fair takes over their annual Pleasanton stomping grounds with carnival rides, horseracing, exhibits, animals, food, rides, games, pig races, tons of kids activities, Monster trucks, demolition derbies, extreme rodeos and more. Also catch a nightly 8 pm concert (free with your paid admission) at their 3,000 seat amphitheater, which you can also more...

San Francisco Pride
By - posted 6/12/2016
Only in San Francisco

The whole city comes alive in a rainbow burst of excitement at the 2016 San Francisco Pride Celebration. 46th Annual San Francisco Pride Celebration – Saturday, June 25, 2016 | Noon to 6 pm – Sunday, June 26, 2016 | 11 am to 6 pm – Parade – Sunday at 10:30am Civic Center, San Francisco FREE (The more...

SF’s Vigil for Pulse Nightclub Victims
By - posted 6/12/2016
Get Out: Events

San Francisco is organizing a vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro and Market) on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 8pm to honor and remember the Pulse Nightclub victims of the mass shooting that occurred in Orlando. Please note the vigil is on the 12th, not the 21st as was previously listed. Join more...

10th Annual Golden Gate Park Band Festival
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The Golden Gate Park Band, under the direction of Michael L. Wirgler, presents the 134th season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. The weekly concerts take place most Sundays at 1 pm and are free and open to the public. All concerts feature music of specific nationalities or cultures, including costumed guest more...

Haight Street Fair
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair brings thousands of people to Haight Street between Stanyan and Masonic to shop over 200 outdoor vendors including food, green businesses, local artists, clothing, crafts, non-profits and more. 2016 Haight Ashbury Street Fair Sunday, June 12, 2016 | 11 am to 5:30 pm Haight Street (Stanyan to Masonic), SF FREE The more...

North Beach Festival
By - posted 6/12/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Considered one of the country’s original outdoor festivals, the North Beach Festival celebrates its 62nd anniversary in historic North Beach. 2016 North Beach Festival Saturday & Sunday, June 11-12, 2016 | 10 am to 6 pm Grant Avenue and Columbus Avenue, San Francisco FREE The festival site includes numerous quaint streets in the heart of the district including Grant Avenue more...

World Naked Bike Ride
By - posted 6/10/2016
Only in San Francisco

Tune up those bikes and toss those riding duds in the wash; you won’t need them for the World Naked Bike Ride in San Francisco. You may think this is an “only in SF” event, but it’s actually in ten cities. Hundreds of people will strip down and ride bikes throughout more...

“Film Night in the Park” Kicks Off
By - posted 6/8/2016
Fairs & Festivals

The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation (SFNTF) produces the popular Film Night in the Park Outdoor Film Series in Dolores Park, Union Square and Washington Square Park. Films are free of charge in beautiful park settings and projected on a giant outdoor screen. Arrive early, spread out a blanket, and picnic prior more...

Ghirardelli Square’s Pop-up Summer Beer Garden
By - posted 6/7/2016
City Discoveries

For Summer 2016, Ghirardelli Square opened a 13 week-long community beer garden sponsored by Bay Area-based Lagunitas Brewing Company and Hint Water, located outdoors in Ghirardelli Square’s West Plaza. Ghirardelli Square Beer Garden Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend Thursday through Sunday | Noon to 7 pm Ghirardelli Square’s West Plaza FREE Enjoy a rotating selection of live music more...

Funcheap Big June Comedy Bash
By - posted 6/6/2016
Get Out: Events

Funcheap takes over Folsom Street Foundry with #HellaFunny and converts it into a pop-up comedy club for one weekend a month. We’ve hand-picked some of the Bay Area’s best comedians from Comedy Central, Cobb’s, The Today Show, Comedy Day and more. Plus DJ Sophomore on the 1s and 2s, drink specials (full more...

SF Jazz Festival’s Free Block Party Concert
By - posted 6/5/2016
Fairs & Festivals

In a reprisal of last-year’s event, PROXY and SFJAZZ host a neighborhood block party to kick-off the 34th San Francisco Jazz Festival. SFJAZZ Block Party Tuesday, June 7, 2016 | 5pm Proxy, 432 Octavia, SF FREE This free community soiree features live music from Brass Band Mission and Beso Negro, accompanied by movies on the more...

SF’s Free Concert for Bernie Sanders with Dave Matthews
By - posted 6/5/2016
Fairs & Festivals

Join Bernie Sanders in San Francisco for “A Future To Believe In,” a GOTV Concert featuring Dave Matthews, Fantastic Negrito, Fishbone, John Dexter Stewart, and special guests Dr. Cornel West, Shailene Woodley and Danny Glover. “A Future to Believe In” Concert for Bernie Sanders Monday, June 6, 2016 | 3:30pm Crissy Field, San Francisco Free more...